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I think thios is a topic left over from the 90s that has become rather redundant. Why shouldn't gay parents be allowed to have children? What makes a gay individual any less of a parent than a heterosexual person? If we stamp out gay parenting becuase of its perceived "ill-effects", then shall...

and don't forget NK Flor, I too feel rather inadequately equipped to reply to this topic, but as a vo0ter in a Western country, my opinion matters (to me at least) I think we should take what has happened in Iraq as an indicator of how not to handle the current North Korea situation...

I was crying by the end of these! Out of the mouths of babes indeed. My favourites... Porcupines!!!

Schools here are also introducing a system where students can purchase junk food twice a year only (why they shoudl be allowed at all is beyond me). I believe that kids will simply go elsewhere for their junk food. How about higher taxes on fast food or junk food? Up the GST on these types of...

Reviving this. As you can tell from my name, I love Enid Blyton (being all of 23, I may be getting a wee bit old for her stories). The Enchanted Wood collection were the first things I read on my own, and I used to climb the trees on our farm looking for the hole at the top. I really wanted...

I was expecting to dislike In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke. I studied it in high school, and thought the title sounded a bit pretentious. I loved it. It was fantastic to be reading a crime novel at school, and the atmosphere of the story is gorgeous (I love Burke's...

It's Grand Final weekend for the AFL (Australian Football League), so I'm going to a friend of a friend's house for the usual festivities (this means drinking and, errrrr, more drinking). There are no Victorian teams in the final again this year, but a guy from my hometown plays for one team...

Does anyone remember reading horror when they were a kid? We've talked about RL Stine, but how about The Grimm Brothers, ummm, etc I remember reading a lot of Paul Jennings when I was eight or nine (and ten and eleven and twelve). His 'Un-' series were great, but there was one book called...

I agree. I think these books were well written, when you think that they were written for a specific age market just getting into reading longer prose (compared to picture story books, i mean). We had competitions in primary school to see who could read them all first. The books got us reading...

Wow, I can't believe I didn't get this, I grew up on Paul Jennings. And I have seen it, it featured on an episode of 'Round the Twist', a children's show based on Jennings' stories

This really sounds familiar to me!! I have a feeling I've seen it, as opposed to read it, though. I'll do some searching and see what I come up with.

It's great, isn't it? One of the best Treehouse eps IMO. I'm hoping to read some Lovecraft when I can make another trip to my nearest secondhand book shop. I read his Wikipedia page - what a fascinating guy! I was also interested to see Henry James, brother of William, on the list I posted...

I would love to read a few of the stories that his movies are based on, especially 'The Birds' and 'Rear Window'.

Bah! Conversions! Can't be bothered with them. Let's just assume that I'm probably about ten years older than my real age, no thanks to booze and McDonalds.

cent: Goosebumps books most certainly count. Well, they were scary to me when I was ten! I remember my absolute favourite was 'The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight'. Freaky. Have you read any of his other books (Hit and Run, etc)? Anamnesis: I'm not sure why I like horror. I grew up watching...

Horror is my favourite genre, and I am very upset at the lack of threads and activity in this section. I think this is because horror is sometimes mislabeled as sci-fi. Sooo.. Let's talk horror fiction! Anyone who has read any of my previous posts knows that I am a King fan. I'm looking to...

I got Sam. I'm disappointed, but not realy sure why! My favourite characters in the books were Faramir and Pippin. Faramir because of his relationship with his father which I think was very well developed and true to life. He still stays true to his people even though his father has given...

I found that the blending of characters or the omission of others was wise e.g. having Arwen come to find Frodo and take him to Rivendell instead of Glorfindel (? is that his name?) to give her a bigger physical role in the movie. I didn't mind the Tom Bombadil section (despite the fact that...

I watched The Grudge alone (big mistake). My flatmate found me curled up on the couch when he got home, whimpering, eyes darting around like crazy.... I remember being terrified by the telemovie/movie of "It", which I have mentioned elsewhere. I remember walking through the back paddocks of...

You have all inspired me! I've been in a bit of a reading funk for a while (you now the drill, only reading before bed, even then it's something I've read a million times). Maybe I'll lock away all my Stephen King books and try to make a dent in my TBR pile.